Magic Johnson's stance was clear when he spoke on ESPN Countdown, stating that Donald Sterling should no longer own an NBA team. That could soon come to pass, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.

In what would be the ultimate exit strategy for the NBA and its commissioner Adam Silver, Johnson and his billionaire backers could put together a package to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers away from Sterling, Wojnarowski reports.

Johnson and the Guggenheim Partners, who own the Los Angeles Dodgers, are out to create a Southern California empire, with their eyes set toward the Clippers after the Buss family made clear the Los Angeles Lakers were not for sale.

While Johnson will have help purchasing the team, he is the architect of this road map.

"This is 100 percent Magic's plan," a source told Wojnarowski.

There would be incentive for Sterling to accept a deal from Johnson and the $200 billion Guggenheim group backing him. Sterling, known as one of the worst owners in basketball for decades, could walk away with $1 billion and some semblance of dignity.

NBA owners would support this move, according to the report. While many have sat idly by during the course of Sterling's ownership, they now understand it is time for him to leave the league.

"If the owners can't force [Sterling] to sell, they need to be held accountable to change the bylaws so they can," one member of the NBA's Board of Governors told Yahoo! Sports. "A fine and suspension is meaningless, and that'll be seen as a lack of acceptance that the league and owners are responsible for this ass----."

The pressure on owners to find a way to oust Sterling extends to Silver, who faces the toughest conundrum of his short tenure as commissioner. A sell of the Clippers franchise appears to be the best result for both sides at the moment.